Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-16
OUR SISTER CITY.
RECORD OF A DAYS EVENTS IN NAN.
CHESTER.
waiting for the Few Bands-Ths Grand
Jury-Thsrmometsr Broke
Personal, &c.

the Office, but with several other gen
tlemen sitting under the beautiful
shade.trees on the courthouse square.
He was apxiously awaiting the arrival OF
n batch Of the new 8 per cent. bonds
from. Messrs. A. Hoen & Co. These
financial instruments were due several
hours earlier, but owing to uncon-
trollable circumstances had not been
brought over. A number Of the bonds
have been sold at 1G5 and the time has
arrived for them to be delivered. When
the treasurer went for the bonds Thurs
day il was found that the first coupon
had been made payable the lst of July,
1887, which is the date of the bond, in
stead of the lst of January, 1887, when
the first interest falls due. In conse-
quence OF this error all OF the coupons
are wrong, and to correct and reprint
them of course consumed time. The
bonds, or those OF them that have been
day. These bonds, as is well
known TO tho Uispulch's readers,
are issued in substitution for the
$50, eco OF per cent bonds maturing
the 1st Of September. There will be
one hundred and twenty bonds each OF
the value of $500 They have to be
signed by the president of the Council.
Mr.. j. Il. Perdue ; the City Auditor,
Mr.. j. j.. Walden; and the Treasurer, j.
W. Bronaugh, Jr. The latter has
also TO sign each of the sixty-eight
coupons attached to every bond,
making eight thousand one hun
drcd and sixty-eight to which he will
have TO sign his name. Some yearsago
the city issued $4,000 in $50 bonds,
and after signing all Of those and the
coupons Treasurer Bronaugh found
that there had been some mistake made
in printing them and his work on them
was cloves labor lost, as they were
discarded. 1t is to be hoped that such
will not be the case with these.
THE THERMOMETER BROKE.
Day before yesterday, when the mer-
curry was dancing high up in the
ninetios, Messrs. Owens d Brother,
whose store is on Hull street between
Twelfth and Thirteenth, hung their
thermometer at the front of the store,
where it was unprotected. The heat
was 50 intense that the tube bursted III
a few minutes. Yesterday forenoon
was probably hotter here than has been
any other day this year At some
places the thermometer reached lOl.
At 3 j. NJ. the thermometer at the
front of Mr.. +. W. Wcisiger's drag
store, between Seventh and Eighth
streets on Hull, on the sunny side OF
the street, but under an awning, reg
istercd several degrees above 100. The
thermometer behind the counter inside
the store at the same time registered
80. At other places in the city it was
about leo.
THE SCHOOLS.
The regular monthly meeting of the
CITY School P0ard will be held at 3
o'clock Tuesday night, the 2Gth, instead
Of next Tuesday night as announced
Yesterday. At that meeting the teach
ers for the next term will be elected.
Superintendent Maurice yesterday,
hayihg seen the announcement in the
DispGfcH that the election would come
off tuesday night. said that he would
examine the white teachers on Monday
and the colorcd ones on Tuesday OF
next week. Being told that the an
nouncement was incorrect. and advised
that it would PROBABLY be better to
hold the examinations later in the week
and give the teachers. some OF whom
might be out of the city, longer notice,
Mr.. Maurice left the matter open. He
will probably accept the suggestion, as
it seems his desire to consult the wishes
and convenience of the teachers rs far
as possible.
ROANOKE DELEGATES.
Manchester has not yet elected the
four delegates which she is entitled to
send to the Democratic convention, to
be held in Roanoke the 18th Of August.
1t has been suggested that ward meet
ines be held tonight for this purpose,
and it is to bc hoped that they will be
held and be well attended. The City
Committee has taken no action in this
matter, but it is expected that the ward
superintendents will be on hand to-
night. The meetings are usually held
at the following places: First Ward
Dayis's place, Fourth and Hull streets !;
Second Ward-Mayor's Court room !;
Third Ward-Owens & Brothers store :;
Fourth Ward-Bowen Il Bradley's.
PERSONALS AND BIHEFs.
Miss Susie Gregory, of Chesterfield,
is visiting friends in the city.
Mr.. William y. Page is quite sick at
luck Hill, where he is summerlng.
A picnic party from Richmond,
bound for the cool shades of Chester
field, passed through the city yester-
day morning in wagons and returned
late in the afternoon, having spent
most pleasant day. A cooler place
could hardly be found than many OF
the Chesterfield picnic grounds.
Mr.. Samuel Il. Woodfin, who was
taken sick while at his desk at Var
borough & Sons Thursday evening and
went to the residence of his sister, on
Church Hill, was we'll enough to drive
over home yesterday. He will no
doubt return to business in few days.
Mr.. Latham, of this city, who while
at work at the Gallego Mills on Thurs
day cut his left wrist with hatchet,
severing several small arteries, was get
ting on all right yesterday.
The foundation for the new depot to
be built at the Hull-street crossing by
the Petersburg Railroad Company has
been laid.
The city carts are employed hauling
cinders and placing them on the streets
of the city where they are needed.
Fourteenth street between Hull and
Bainbridge is being improved. A
culvert, which has been long needed,
is being put in.
The crops of blackberries and whor-
tleberries raised in Chesterfield this
year have been unusually large.
In the Mayors Court yesterday morn
ing no criminal cases were heard, but
Justice Perdue disposed of a few of a
civil nature.
Mr.. James Craig, tole-gatherer on
Mayos Island, is having his sign "Yes,
it's very hot, repainted in order that
he may save his lungs the heavy tax of
having to so often answer the unani-
nous question, "Ain't it warm"
Rev. William I. Richardson, ID. D.,